Knaresborough Castle, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Posted in Architecture, Trips at 12:00 on 5 September 2023
The good lady had for a few years fancied a look at Knaresborough in Yorkshire. We finally visited in November last year.
Knaresborough Castle is perhaps the town’s most historical feature.
Castle approach:-
Information Board:-
The first structure you come across, though, is the castle’s Sally Port:-
Information Board:-
It being November the castle was done up in Remembrance Day colours:-
Including this figure of a World War 2 soldier. The figure of the Great War soldier had not yet been set upright:-
Castle ruins:-
King’s Tower board:-
Castle from below:-
The trees in the surrounding gardens were covered in purple poppies and the more usual red ones. The purple ones commemorate animals that died in war:-
Tags: Architecture, Castles, First World War, Knaresborough, Knaresborough Castle, Second World War, the Great War, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
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